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How about a constitution test. I am pretty confident about who would and would not pass that test.

I'm a fan, but not being able to play a position really limits his potential.

Two good games in a row for Malloy. Maybe he is figuring it out.

A few decades ago: (1) They wouldn't have had to train as hard as they they do today. Their current regimen makes them stronger, but may make them more prone to injury. (2) I think players played through injuries more perhaps making things worse or shortening their careers.

There's a real fan for you!

I imagine they lost some fans when they traded Verlander. If nobody knows Skubal, it is because nobody is going to games since they are are a losing organization.

yeah, that was the dumbest move ever. How could anyone think that was a good idea?

Probably more like a 100 million. It is a bigger industry than all the professional sports put together. Or so I'm told. 😀

His brother is also coming back from a wrist injury. Must be genetic!

My theory is that mental problems are not much easier to solve than physical problems.

Correct, but he's always going to find a way to commit crimes anyway and he'll either get away with them or get the legal system to kick the can down the road.

He admitted online that it was a joke. Sorry I fell for it, but he has been saying some odd stuff lately.

And at that point, he will start trying to win.

The ruling will be fine under most Presidents. There is one person who will abuse it. But he doesn't follow laws anyway, so it might not make a difference.

AOC is pretty much the only person in congress that can genuinely connect to young adults, a demographic that doesn't always vote in large numbers. They need her. Even Bill James likes her. 😄

Yeah, it is pretty odd. I can believe he's sat with him during a game, but "spends a lot of time" with him doesn't sound right. I wonder if he also golfs with Trump. That might be more believable because Trump spent half his presidency on the gold course.

So, if he gets who everybody else wanted, he gets no credit. If he get a late round guy who succeeds, he gets no credit. No matter who he picks, he gets no credit. Chris Fetter was signed under Avila too, but I am retty sure you have already explained why he gets no credit for that. I still say those were all successes for Avila. He was also a bad GM. Those two things can happen at the same time.

Biden was horrible in the debate and it wasn't an isolated incident. Being able to speak extemporaneously is a very important skill in politics especially when campaigning and he no longer has that skill. I don't really agree with your suggestion that he is in serious mental decline. He may be, but the inability to talk smoothly would not suggest that. Many of us would pobably perform just as poorly in a public debate. We, of course, are not running for President. Trump was just as bad in the debate as he was unable to answer any of the questions and all he did was deliver his set of canned talking points which often had nothing to do with the questions and were mostly false. He said it all loudly and confidently though, so I guess that makes it OK.

yes, the modern stats from Trackman and Statcast are more useful for scouting. I was referring to the post that said "Mize and Torkelson were stat accumulators in college" which suggests result stats rather than process stats.

The Tigers had 12 consecutive years of losing records from 1994-2005. They have not quite reached that yet.

Turn out is always the big key for Democrats, but I still think there a lot of ignorant people who think that Trump is nasty and stupud, but good for the economy.

But they'll vote for him anyway.

He is completely full of ****. He acted kind of normal in the debate because he wants the soccer moms to think he's not such a bad guy. He acts crazy when he talks to MAGA because that's what they want to hear. It is total manipulation all the time from the psychopath.

Interesting assessment of Biden from a surprising source. James is not just being a knee jerk lefty by the way. In fact, he has been critical of Biden before. I don't think he's a righty either. He is all over the map.

I really doubt their college stats were an important consideration.